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A comprehensive summary of Agatha Christie's classic mystery novel, in which eight strangers are killed one by one on a remote island. Learn how the killer, a retired judge, planned and executed his grisly scheme, and how the survivors tried to escape.
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There are several passengers on a train, en route to the mysterious Indian Island: Justice Wargrave, Vera Claythorne, Philip Lombard, and Emily Brent. General Macarthur, another invitee to the island, is on a different train, while Dr. Armstrong drives to the island, as well as Tony Marston. Finally, Mr. Blore, a former detective and another guest,...
Once the group arrives at the house on Indian Island, they are told by the butler, Mr. Rogers, that the host Mr. Owen has been delayed, at which point the guests settle into their appointed rooms. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Chapter 2.
After dinner, the guests move into the drawing room, when a voice accuses each of the guests of murder. Rogers admits to turning on the record player, but he says he was only doing what he was told by Mr. Owen, whom he admits he never met. The guests realize that “Mr. Owen” impersonated the guests’ various old friends in the invitation each guest r...
The guests defend themselves against the accusations, each insisting that they are not responsible for a murder. They all agree with Wargrave that they should leave in the morning, except for Marston who suggests that they stay and solve the case, but when he goes to sip his drink, he chokes and dies. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Chapters 3 & ...
After discovering that Marston’s drink was poisoned, the guests return to their rooms, where Wargrave thinks about Edward Seton, the man whom the voice accused him of sentencing to death. Downstairs, Rogers notices that there are now only nine statues on the table, whereas before there were ten.
Rogers, worried that his wife is not waking up, awakens Armstrong who finds that Mrs. Rogers has died in her sleep. In the morning, Vera, Lombard, and Blore wait for the boat back to the mainland, but it does not arrive. The group learns that Mrs. Rogers died, and they begin to speculate on the cause of her death. Rogers shows Armstrong that only e...
Emily and Vera take a walk, and Emily reiterates her belief that Mrs. Rogers died of a guilty conscience. Lombard and Armstrong discuss the possibility that Rogers killed his wife and that the couple might have been responsible for the murder they were accused of. They conclude that Mr. Owen must be the one committing the murders and is hiding on t...
Blore, Armstrong, and Lombard search the island for Mr. Owen when they come across a cliff with caves underneath. Unable to reach it without a rope, Blore returns to the house to get one. Vera comes across Macarthur who talks of the impending end of his life. Blore, Armstrong, and Lombard search the caves but do not find any evidence that Mr. Owen ...
Blore argues with Armstrong over the possibility that he was responsible for Mrs. Rogers overdose as he was the one that provided her with sleeping medication. Blore also questions Lombard as to why he carries a gun, which Lombard explains he brought as a precaution. The guests discover that Macarthur was killed, and that only seven statues remain ...
After dinner, the guests retire to their rooms, locking their doors, and Rogers locks the dining-room door so that no one can remove any more of the statues during the night. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Chapters 9 & 10.
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